A late-night shooting on March 29, 2021, ended the life of 16-year-old Kaheem Taylor in Jersey City. Just after 10:30 p.m., police responding to reports of shots fired near 83 Bergen Avenue found Taylor with gunshot wounds to his upper body. He was taken to Jersey City Medical Center and pronounced dead at 11:15 p.m.

The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Jersey City Police Department led the investigation. In December 2022 authorities announced arrests of two men from Newark in connection with the killing: 23-year-old Khalil Kelley and 22-year-old Roger Pickett Jr. Kelley was taken into custody at his place of employment in Hillside; Pickett was already in the Hudson County Correctional Facility on other charges when he was arrested in the Taylor case. Both were held at the Hudson County Correctional Facility and were charged in connection with the murder and related weapons and conspiracy counts.

Does anyone who knew Kaheem or who was in the Bergen Avenue area that night have information to share?